List of Cork people
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- John Anderson – businessman[1]
- Sir John Arnott – businessman, newspaper owner
- Anthony Barry – politician, photographer
- James Barry - surgeon, possibly born in Cork[2]
- Katty Barry – restaurateur[3]
- Mick Barry – Teachta Dála and Socialist politician.[4]
- Peter Barry – Tánaiste
- Tadhg Barry – journalist, trade unionist and nationalist
- Tom Barry – guerilla leader during war of independence, author of the book Guerilla Days in Ireland[5]
- Olive Beamish – suffragette activist
- Joseph Brennan – civil servant
- Sir George Callaghan – Admiral of the Fleet
- Patrick Cleburne – Major General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
- Hugh Coveney – government minister
- Simon Coveney – Tánaiste[6]
- Thomas Croke – Archbishop of Cashel
- Donal Creed (1924 – 2017): Fine Gael politician; MEP, Teachta Dála, Minister of State under Garret FitzGerald[7]
- Michael Creed (b. 1963): Former Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine[8]
- Eileen Desmond – government minister, Senator, MEP
- Mary Elmes – aid worker honoured as 'Righteous Among the Nations' for saving 200 Jewish children during WWII
- Gerald Goldberg – first Jewish lord mayor
- T. C. Hammond – Church of Ireland clergyman
- William Baylor Hartland – plant breeder, seedsman
- John Pope Hennessy – author, governor of Hong Kong and Mauritius
- Ellen Hutchins – botanist
- Mary Harris "Mother" Jones – labour organiser, born near Cork
- Jim Lane – Irish Republican Socialist
- Arthur Leahy - LGBT activist[9]
- Cornelius Lucey – Bishop of Cork and Ross
- Jack Lynch – Taoiseach and hurler
- Thomas Mac Curtain – Lord Mayor of Cork
- Terence MacSwiney – Lord Mayor and hunger striker
- Daniel Mannix – Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne
- Micheál Martin – Taoiseach[10]
- Sake Dean Mahomed (1759–1851) – Bengali traveller, surgeon, entrepreneur, and one of the most notable early non-European immigrants to the Western World
- Stephen Moylan – Quartermaster General of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
- Michael Murphy – first Irish president of the European Court of Auditors
- Nano Nagle – educator who founded the Presentation Sisters
- William O'Brien – nationalist politician and MP; founder of All-for-Ireland League
- Fergus O'Connor – Irish nationalist and publisher
- Dáithí Ó Conaill – Irish republican
- Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa – nationalist
- Batt O'Keeffe – government minister[11]
- Michael O'Riordan – socialist politician
- John Cyril Porte – pioneer aviator
- John Roach – major shipbuilder in postbellum United States
- Adi Roche – humanitarian campaigner
- Brendan Ryan – Senator and lecturer at CIT
- William Henry John Seffern – printer, newspaper editor, journalist and historian
- D. D. Sheehan – nationalist politician and first Labour MP
- Canon Patrick Augustine Sheehan – Catholic priest, author, political activist
- Kathy Sinnott – MEP
- Robert Spence – Roman Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide
- William Thompson – political and philosophical writer
- Sir Robert Torrens – Prime Minister South Australia; pioneer of Land Registration system
- Thady Quill – historical rake
- The Wallace sisters – IRA Intelligence officers
Scientists
- Vincent Barry - chemist
- Amy Warren - marine biologist and conchologist
- Robert Warren - ornithologist
Military
- James Adams – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Francisco Burdett O'Connor – officer in the Irish Legion of Simón Bolívar's army
- Josephine Carr – Women's Royal Naval Service woman; first Wren killed in action.[12]
- Michael Collins – revolutionary leader, and Chairman of Provisional Government
- John Dunlay – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- William English – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Michael Fitzgerald – member of the Irish Republican Army who died on hunger strike
- Richard Fitzgerald – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Thomas Kent – Irish nationalist
- Thomas Lane – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Samuel Lawrence – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- David Lord – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Ambrose Madden – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Mick Mannock – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Joe Murphy – Irish republican who died on hunger strike
- James Murray – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Timothy O'Hea – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Daniel Florence O'Leary – Irish-born Venezuelan brigadier general of Simón Bolívar's army
- Michael O'Leary – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Gerald O'Sullivan – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- John Sullivan – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- James Travers – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Joseph Ward – recipient of the Victoria Cross
Sports
- John Allen – former Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer
- Hugh T. Baker – cricketer
- Mick Barry – road bowler
- James Brophy – cricketer
- Alan Browne – footballer
- Noel Cantwell – international footballer
- Steven Cairns - boxer
- Graham Canty – footballer and international rules captain
- Brian Carney – rugby league, and rugby union footballer of the 1990s and 2000s
- Mark Carroll – long-distance athlete
- Joe Cleary – major league baseball player
- Mark Cohen – cricketer
- Megan Connolly – footballer
- Joe Deane – hurler
- Damien Delaney – international footballer
- Patrick Dineen – cricketer
- Jack Doyle – boxer
- Eddie Dunbar – cyclist
- John Egan – association footballer
- Joe English (sailor), round the world sailor and international yachtsman.[13]
- Percy Exham – cricketer
- James Foley – cricketer
- William Harman – cricketer
- Ryan Hartslief – footballer and rugby player
- Colin Healy – international footballer
- Marian Heffernan – Olympian
- Robert Heffernan – Olympic bronze medalist
- Tom Horan – cricketer (Australia)
- Denis Irwin – international footballer
- Roy Keane – international footballer
- Caoimhín Kelleher – footballer
- Alan Lewis – cricketer, rugby union referee
- Jack McAuliffe – boxer
- Teddy McCarthy – GAA sportsman, played on both Cork hurling and football double winning teams
- Darren McNamara – professional drift driver
- Sam Maguire – GAA sportsman
- David Meyler – international footballer
- Liam Miller – international footballer
- Tony Mullane – major league baseball player[14]
- Saoirse Noonan – international footballer
- Donncha O'Callaghan – rugby union player
- Dr. Pat O'Callaghan – twice Olympic gold medalist
- Frank O'Farrell – international footballer and manager
- Ronan O'Gara – rugby union player
- Seán Óg Ó hAilpín – hurler
- Ciarán Ó Lionáird – international middle-distance athlete
- John O'Shea – darts player
- Derval O'Rourke – world indoor champion hurdler and European outdoor silver medalist 2006
- Bríd Stack - ladies Gaelic and Australian rules footballer
- Denise O'Sullivan – international footballer
- Marcus O'Sullivan – middle-distance athlete
- Sonia O'Sullivan – Olympic silver medalist, world champion athlete and cross country runner
- Christy Ring – hurler
- Peter Stringer – rugby union player
Film, entertainment and media
- Jack Gleeson – actor
- Sarah Greene – actor
- Eddie Hobbs – TV personality
- George Hook – TV/radio personality
- Fergal Keane, OBE – BBC journalist
- Danny La Rue, OBE – female impersonator
- James Leonard and Timmy Long of The Two Norries podcast[15]
- Joe Lynch – actor
- Mark Mahon – film director
- Pixie McKenna – TV personality, doctor
- Siobhán McSweeney – actor
- Edward Mulhare – TV actor
- Cillian Murphy – actor
- Graham Norton – TV personality
- Bill O'Herlihy – TV personality
- Eoin Reardon – TikToker and YouTuber[16]
- Jonathan Rhys-Meyers – actor
- Tony Scannell – actor
- Fiona Shaw, CBE – actor
- Cailín Ní Toibín – beauty pageant titleholder[17]
- Niall Tóibín – comic actor
- Nora Twomey – animator
- Eileen Walsh – actor